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soutane

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sou⋅tane

[soo-tahn]
–noun Ecclesiastical.
a cassock.

Origin:
1830–40; < F < It sottana, fem. of sottano placed below, equiv. to sott(o) below (< L subtus) + -ano -an; form of the F word influenced by sous under
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sou·tane   (sōō-tän', -tān')   
n.  A cassock, especially one that buttons up and down the front.

[French, alteration (influenced by French sous, under) of obsolete sottane, from Italian sottana, from sotto, under, from Latin subtus, from sub; see upo in Indo-European roots.]
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